BBC Radio 3 Schedule Monday 2 June 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Wagner and Bruckner
  
  Dorottya Láng and the Swedish RSO perform Wagner's sensual Wesendonck Lieder.
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Morning
1. 06:30
  
  Breakfast—Wake up your senses with classical music
  
  Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
2. 09:30
  
  Essential Classics—The ideal mix of classical music
  
  Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
1. 13:00
  
  Classical Live—Baritone Roderick Williams live from Wigmore Hall
  
  Live concert recordings from home and abroad
2. 16:00
  
  Composer of the Week—Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Great Expectations
  
  1/5 Donald Macleod Introduces us to Carmen, Bizet’s most fêted operatic creation.
3. 17:00
  
  In Tune—Live music and chat with classical artists
  
  Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
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Evening
1. 19:00
  
  Classical Mixtape—Classical music for focus or relaxation
  
  Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
2. 19:30
  
  Radio 3 in Concert—A mighty Haydn Mass and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 from Glasgow
  
  The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and star soloists perform, Brahms, Beethoven and Haydn.
3. 21:45
  
  The Essay—An Actor's Life - Kenneth Cranham, 1: The Early Years
  
  Kenneth Cranham's acting life, in conversation with Neil Dudgeon.
4. 22:00
  
  Night Tracks—Eclectic music for after dark
  
  Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
5. 23:30
  
  'Round Midnight—Poppy Daniels’ Flowers
  
  The in-demand rising UK trumpeter Poppy Daniels is Soweto’s guest all this week.
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Late
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Bartók and Brahms from Cologne
  
  Rudolf Buchbinder plays Brahms's first piano concerto, and the WDRSO play Bartók.

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